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CARYOPHYLLE^E. XI. VELEZIA. XII. DRYPIS. XIII. VIVIANIA. XIV. ORTEGIA. 



1 V. Ri'GiDA(Lin. spec. FIG. 79. 

 474.) calyx filiform, pu- 

 bescent; petals bifid. 



H; Native of the South 



of France and in many 



other parts of the south 



of Europe and north of 



Africa, also the Grecian 



islands, in corn-fields. 



Smith, fl. graec. 390. 



Bocc. mus. 2. p. 50. t. 



45. Buxb. cent. 2. p. 



41. t. 47. J. Bauh. 



hist. 3. p. 352. icon. Corolla small, with a rose-coloured border. 



Stem much branched, prostrate. 



Rigid Velezia. Fl. July. Clt. 1683. PI. prostrate. 



2 V. QUADRIDENTA V TA (Sibth. and Smith, fl. graec. t. 391.) 

 calyx long, clavated, smooth; petals 4-toothed. () H. Na- 

 tive of Asia Minor. V. clavata, D'Urv. enum. pi. archip. 28. 

 no. 234. Petals rose-coloured. 



Four-toothed-peta\\ed Velezia. Fl. Ju. Jul. PL ^ to ^ foot. 



Cult. Beautiful little plants, only requiring to be sown in 

 the open border in spring, where they will flower and seed freely. 

 A dry sandy soil suits them best. 



XII. DRYTIS (from Spmria, drypto, to tear, on account of 

 the leaves being armed with stiff spines). Lin. gen. no. 519. 

 Gsert. fruct. 2. t. 28. f. 12. D. C. prod. 1. p. 388. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Trigynia. Calyx tubular, 5-toothed. 

 Petals 5, unguiculate, with a 2-parted limb, and furnished each 

 with a bifid appendage in the throat. Stamens 5. Styles 3. 

 Capsules 1 -celled, cut, round, 1- seeded from abortion. An 

 evergreen furze-like plant, with fastigiate corymbs of small, 

 pale-blue flowers. 



1 D. SPINOSA (Lin. spec. 390.) ^ H. Native of Maurita- 

 nia, Italy, and Istria. Jacq. vind. t. 49. Sims, bot. mag. 

 2216. Moris, hist. 3. p. 161. sect. 7. t. 32. f. 8. Lob. icon. 

 789. Tabern. icon. 144. Stems at first procumbent, 4-sided, 

 flowering stems erect. Leaves stiff, awl-shaped, somewhat 

 trigonal, mucronated. Bracteas with 3 teeth on each side. 

 Flowers corymbose, pale-blue. A beautiful plant, when in 

 flower. 



Spinose Drypis. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1775. Shrub -J- foot. 



Cult. This pretty little plant is admirably adapted for orna- 

 menting rock-work ; in this situation it becomes suffruticose, and 

 produces an innumerable quantity of flowers. It may be either 

 increased by cuttings planted in sand under a hand-glass, or by 

 seeds, which should be sown in a pot filled with an equal mix- 

 ture of loam, sand, and peat, and when the plants become of 

 sufficient size they should be separated and planted on the top 

 of rock-work, taking care to water them until they have emitted 

 fresh fibres. 



XIII. VIVIA'NIA (in honour of Dom. Viviani, M.D. a 

 professor and botanist of Genoa, author of Annali di Botanica, 

 2 vols. 8vo. Genoa. 1802 and 1804, &c.). Cav. anal, de 

 cienc. 7. p. 212. Macrae a, Lindl. in Brande's journ. scienc. for 

 Jan. April 1828, vol. 35. p. 204. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Trigynia. Calyx campanulate, 5- 

 toothed. Petals 5, inserted in a short torus, unguiculate, per- 

 manent, twisted in aestivation. Stamens 10, inserted on the 

 top of the torus. Style short, crowned by 3 linear stigmas, 

 with reflexed margins. Capsule 3-celled, 3-valved. Valves 

 separating from the axis even to the placenta, as in Linece. 

 Dry shrubs, natives of Chili, with opposite exstipulate leaves, 



1 



covered with simple down. Flowers disposed in terminal, co- 

 rymbose panicles, they are either white or red. 



1 V. GRANDIFLORA ; leaves grey and glandular beneath with 

 prominent veins ; branches pubescent ; peduncles shorter than 

 the leaves. Tj . G. Native of Chili near Santiago. Macrae'a 

 grandiflora, Lindl. I.e. Hook. bot. misc. pt. 2. p. 175. Flowers 

 white or red. 



Great-flowered Viviania. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



2 V. PARVIFLORA ; leaves white and glandular beneath, with 

 obscure veins ; branches cob webbed ; peduncles shorter than 

 the leaves. T? . G. Native of Chili with the last. Macrae 1 a 

 parviflora. Lindl. 1. c. Hook, bot. misc. pt. 2. p. 176. Flowers 

 white. 



Small-lowered Viviania. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



3 V. MARIFO'LIA (Cav. anal, de cien. 7. p. 212. t. 49.) leaves 

 distant, white, and glandless beneath ; branches pubescent ; 

 peduncles elongated, fy . G. Native of Chili on the Andes 

 at the pass of Cumbre. Macrae' a rosea, Lindl. 1. c. Hook, bot. 

 misc. pt. 2. p. 176. t. 50. Flowers rose-coloured. 



M arum-leaved Viviania. Fl. Nov. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



4 V. CRENA'TA ; leaves deeply-crenate, with reflexed margins, 

 whitish-tomentose beneath ; flowers sub-corymbose ; petals 

 white. \i . G. Native of Chili on the Andes near La Guardia, 

 at the height of 5000 feet. Macrae'a crenata, Hook. bot. misc. 

 2. p. 177. 



Crenate-leaved Viviania. PL 1 foot. 



Cult. The species of this genus are very ornamental, but 

 none of them have been introduced to the gardens. A mixture 

 of loam and sand will no doubt suit them, and the plants may 

 be either increased by young cuttings under a hand-glass, or by 

 seeds. 



TRIBE II. ALSI'NE^: (plants agreeing with Alslne in having 

 the calyx cleft to the base) D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 166. prod. 1. 

 p. 388. Sepals of calyx 4 or 5, free, or hardly connected at 

 the base. 



XIV. ? ORTE'GIA (in honour of Casimir Gomez de Ortega, 

 a Spanish botanist, once professor of botany at Madrid). Lin. 

 gen. no. 33. Gsert. fruct. 2. t. 129. f. 8. D. C. prod. 1. p. 388. 



LIN. SYST. Tridndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 

 rolla wanting. Stamens 3 ; anthers cordate. Style 1. Stigma 

 capitate. Capsules 1 -celled, 3-valved. Seeds fixed to the' 

 bottom of the capsule. The leaves are furnished with a small 

 black gland on each side at the base. Inconspicuous, weed-like 

 plants. 



1 O. HISPA'NICA (Lin. spec. 49.) stems dichotomous, pedun- 

 cles short ; flowers dichotomously-corymbose. I/ . H. Native 

 of Spain in the provinces of Castile and Salamanca. Flowers 

 greenish-grey. 



Spanish Ortegia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1768. PL 4 foot. 



2 O. DICHO'TOMA (Lin. mant. 174.) stems dichotomous ; pe- 

 duncles elongated; flowers dichotomously-panicled. If.. H. 

 Native of Piedmont and Spain. O. Hispanica, Cav. icon. 1. 

 p. 47. All. ped. str. t. 4. f. 1. O. dichotoma of D. C. fl. fr. 4. 

 no. 4376 is perhaps a distinct species. Flowers greenish. 



Dichotomous-panided Ortegia. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1820. 

 PL 1 foot. 



Cult. Ortegia is a genus of insignificant looking herbaceous 

 plants, consequently not worth cultivating, except in botanical 

 gardens. They should be grown in pots, well drained with 

 potsherds, in a mixture of sand, loam, and peat, or on rock- 

 work ; they are easily increased by seeds, and cuttings will root 

 freely under a hand-glass. 



